Right challenge taken *I* will get the manual.txt and edit
it to reflect how you can compile under linux - Mac i don't
have access to so unable to try things out for that.
Further from my point of view and i raised this issue
originally was HOW do I use shoes2.run I had downloaded from
the shose website.
I tried in no particular order the following things
checked out docs on that site and found nothing to say
under linux use -- -p
Tried shoes2.run --help to see what switches i could use
in case something was noted
there.
Googled various strings to see if i could gleen some tip
on if it's possible to do.
joined this forum and started asking questions.
tried to search the forum (and how do you do this?)
perhaps a FAQ on shooes.net site to highlight switches
and what they do in a bit more
detail?
If all the run times that are available for downloading at
shooes.net get update to reflect the new switch options and
on the web page that refers to this is how you comiple you
shoes app is also updated to reflect shoes for linux
compilation use -- -p then *anyone* following should get the
info to help them.
sources i hope others can get the info needed would then
be...
via running shoes at the terminal with a --help switch
reading the shoes manual
going to the shooes.net website and reading the help
manual
via googling using a search like comiple shoes app on
linux and get the messages
I and others have posted (esp _why's reply that said use
shoes2.run -- -p to compile)
Get this -- -p option into some blogs could help heighten
the switch is available for
linux (yes i know this OS has a small user base).
from all these possible options then another user *should*
be able to get the info I wanted faster.
I only downloaded the source because I thought it was the
*only* way to get the functionality I wanted.
If I knew now before I wouldn't have got the source and
compiled from source and I'd be happy to run from a
precompiled program namely "shoes2.run".
lastly if _why is looking to create deb's then why not ask
for folks on this list to take this task on for _why?
then we could quickly get gentoo builds, RPM's, Deb's, etc
generated and _why simply asks the maintainers to create a
new build using XYZ source for the the distro's they manage
and shoes perhaps gets put into distribution repositories
like the *buntu's etc.
dave.
----- Original Message Follows -----
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM, dave lilley
> <[email protected]> wrote: >
> > May I please then request some additions to the manual
> > that is pagackaged with shoes?
> > With something like this
> > Packaging shoes <as a main heading>
> > text under heading to read
like.....
>
> I'd suggest adding it to the manual yourself. You'll feel
> better, and we'll all be better off for it. _why is great,
> but he is in fact just one man. The more the rest of us
> can chip in, the better, I figure. Open source and all.
>
> Check out /SHOES_SOURCE/static/manual.txt
>
> It's kind of intense. It will take some time to navigate.
> But it's kind of cool how that one source is used to
> generate the help in multiple forms. Check out
> /SHOES_SOURCE/lib/shoes.rb for how that's done.
>
> > To Package you Shoes
application run shoes
> > with these options
> > For Linux
Shoes2.run -- -p
> > For Windows
Shoes2.exe -p
> > For Macs
Shoes2.dmg -p <or whatever
> > switches are needed>
>
> Well, hold on. You don't execute the .dmg like that. DMGs
> are generally just delivery mechanisms. It's like a drive
> that you mount. Sort of.
>
> Whether built from source or installed "normally", one
> would need to add the directory containing the 'shoes'
> binary(e.g. /path/to/Shoes.app/Contents/MacOS) to their
> path on OS X for anything like what you describe to work.
> Then you just say `shoes -p` except I don't actually think
> that works on Mac. You have to use the GUI. At least, I
> don't see any -p option described when I ask for help.
>
> > this sort of thing *is* sorely missing in documentation
> > be it online or the manual.
>
> -taps foot, waiting-
>
> ;)
>
> --
> Seth Thomas Rasmussen
> http://greatseth.com
